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You absolutely hate to hand it to him but McConnell is obviously right. We already have legal mechanisms to combat false campaign speech, we don't need a new and expansive First Amendment exception that'll be enforced by prosecutors and judges with the technological literacy of turnips

Yeah that's the reason MTG is bad, her body. Nothing else.

Embarrassing stuff. This isn't about decorum, there are virtually limitless things you can say about MTG that are way meaner than this and are actually legitimate criticisms. It's beyond me how she wasn't able to think of any

You can't understand the modern Supreme Court without understanding that Alito is a very generic dumb guy. He's no smarter than the average person who gets all of their knowledge from Fox News. The average American is more qualified for his position than he is

now in my later 20s

The trade policies pursued by the new administration can have a direct impact on global economic fragmentation. Changes in tariffs, trade agreements, and trade relations can affect the flow of goods and services between countries, potentially leading to trade disputes or barriers that fragment global trade.

I'm watching old Democratic debates from 1992.

Jerry strikes me as the stronger debate and he comes across as the more genuine candidate. Clinton has more charisma, but even trying to remove myself from any bias or preconceived notions, Clinton strikes me as disingenuous.

While I think Clinton was a good President, Brown seems like he was the stronger candidate, the stronger debater. So I'm wondering how Clinton convinced the Democratic Party in 1992 to give their votes to him, over Brown?

I used to think GA and it's not even close. But after Alsobrooks winning by more than 12%, I believe that polling are hard to reach blacks, and likely youth. The current Trump winning black 30% and even among youth is wrong for sure. As the result, I am not so confident about GA.

I am also not so sure about NV. The Trump +13 poll is absurd, but Trump may be ahead of Biden. I am shocked by CCM winning in 22, and not too sure how 24 would be a better environment.

I think the most likely flip is either GA or NV, which slightly favor Trump. AZ and WI are toss ups. PA and MI slightly favor Biden. NC clearly favors Trump and it's very unlikely it will flip.

I’d put Michigan and Pennsylvania as toss-ups as well. How could these 2 be lean Biden at minimum wherein Polls show a deadheat in Michigan and Biden hasn’t led in a poll in Pennsylvania since March?

Polls are inaccurate, especially on blacks and youth.

if polls are inaccurate, what’s the basis of the posters here on placing Michigan and Pennsylvania as lean Biden? through conventional wisdom? or purely wishcasting? gut feeling can also be as inaccurate as polling too.

Option 5.

Am amazed that a thread about GASP the end of free soda refills is three pages. Says a lot about America.

The only direct evidence that Trump knew about the scheme to falsify the business records is Cohen's testimony. So if they can convince jurors that his testimony can't be trusted that might given them reasonable doubt as to Trump's knowledge of the scheme. And they definitely showed that he has lied about a lot of things in the past. Not saying it's enough to doubt his testimony (not like we weren't expecting it), or to conclude there isn't enough other circumstantial evidence that Trump knew they were falsified, but it's the biggest glove they've laid on the prosecution's case so far.

The thing is, even if Cohen is slimey and has lied about some things, the point at the end of the day is - you don't need to believe Cohen 100% in everything he says, you just have to believe Cohen when he talks about the Trump records part of it. And given the other circumstantial evidence that supports Cohens claims, that at least backs up Cohens claims about that situation, outside of whether Cohen is telling the truth about other things.

Right, all kinds of organized crime convictions occur where the key witnesses are deeply immoral and dishonest people. What matters is if his testimony fits the outline of facts which it does. "This person has lied before" is not the big own they think it is, I mean he was Trump's lawyer so no **** what do you expect?

Even red avs are buying into Republicans bad faith muddying of facts here because they've been so persistent about it.

We've become accustomed to disappointment and expecting the worst out of our legal system, and fellow citizens.